Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the world in so many ways. It also led some people to take up new hobbies for self-fulfillment, stress relief, and fun.
Read about some of the pandemic hobbies of WSU alumni in “Hobbies going viral.”
What hobbies did you start during the pandemic?
Are you still doing them? Let us know.
Here are our collected pandemic hobby stories…
Becky Kramer
Washington State Magazine science writer
Kramer became interested in native plant identification near Pullman. “My new hobby was an outgrowth of hiking Kamiak Butte every week when we were isolated at home,” she notes.
Kramer is still hiking and identifying native plants. “Kamiak Butte contains remnants of the native Palouse prairie, so it’s an amazing landscape for plants,” she says. “I like to hike it in every season. You get to see the progression of wildflowers in spring and summer, seedheads and berries in fall, and the land at rest in winter.”
Lindsey Holcomb
Office manager in the department of community and behavioral health at the WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
Holcomb started bread baking, along with oil painting and violin lessons. She is still enjoying two of her three pandemic hobbies. Holcomb dropped bread baking but she is still painting and taking violin lessons. In fact, she reports, “I’m getting pretty decent at it!”